Taking a Look at Myocardial Infraction

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A myocardial infraction or more commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood flow that brings the oxygen to the heart is reduced or cut off completely. When the blood cannot reach parts of your heart, that area is becoming damaged or unfortunately if treatment is prolonged for too long then the heart cells will most likely die. Heart attacks can occur in anybody no matter the age, gender, or nationality, but statistically “men over the age of 45 and to women over the age of 55 are at the greatest risk of a heart attack” (Ricciotti). In the 1800s George Ebers discovered an ancient Egyptian scroll that has been dated back to around 1500 B.C. On the scroll that Ebers found, it listed many things about the heart and how it worked. It also showed Ebers that the Egyptians were able to identify certain symptoms of heart attacks, as well. The scroll that he found showed us how much the ancient Egyptians actually knew about heart related diseases, despite the technology differences that we have today compared to what they had. A man named Edwin Smith discovered another scroll dating back to the 17th century. The scroll that Smith found held evidence of multiple surgeries that were performed, including heart surgeries. This proves that the real discoverers of heart related illnesses in fact dates back all the way to the times of the ancient Egyptians.…

that they reduce cardiac output.” (Story, 2012)
Assessment for post laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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The heart: Myocardial infraction
The heart is an organ that pumps blood around the body by using 2 separate pumps side by side. The left side of the pump deals with oxygenated blood from the lungs whereas the right one deals with deoxygenated blood from the body. Each pump has 2 chambers called atrium and ventricle. The walls of the atrium are thinner than the ventricle because the atrium only has to pump blood to a short distance (to the ventricle) whereas the ventricles need to pump blood to the…

technology, eating and drinking, and children in the backseat.
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is advised to be used with a flow rate of 2-6 lpm, the simple face mask can be used at rates ranging from 8-10 lpm. Higher flow rates can be delivered to patients using reservoir masks, such as a partial rebreather and a non-rebreather. The masks look essentially the same with one major difference: the non-rebreather has small, one-way valves that allow carbon dioxide to escape the mask without being able to be breathed back in, the partial rebreather does not. Both types of masks deliver oxygen…

Myocardial Infraction
A Myocardial Infraction is the medical term for a “Heart Attack.” A heart attack happens when oxygen rich blood is not able to get to the heart muscle. If blood to the heart is not restored quickly enough the section of heart muscle without oxygen rich blood begins to die. The heart muscle will continue to die for 6 to 8 hours at that point the heart attack is complete. A heart attack happens because of Coronary Heart Disease . There is no single cause for Coronary Heart…

Myocardial Infraction
By: Hannah Hoepner
It is estimated that about 7.9 million Americans are alive that have had a heart attack also known as myocardial infraction (“Heart Disease”). 15% of people that have a heart attack will die from it (Krucik).
Many people have heard of a heart attack, but many may not know what it is. A heart attack is “When the flow of blood to the heart is blocked, most often by a buildup of fat, cholesterol and other substances, which form a plaque in the arteries that…

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than an actual trait of the behavior. Howard S. Becker, an originator of labeling theory, offers one of most often quoted statements related to the theory.
Becker’s (1963) Outsiders states:
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when blood vessel become less flexible and harden over time which prevents normal blood flow to organs especially the brain and a depressive illness are consider disorders of the brain(NIHM). MRI’S have shown that the brain of people with depression look different from those of people that are completely healthy.
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People with a medical illness tend to have more severe symptoms…